AMEN

weight lifted

to do
1. hang christmas lights and inspirational words, quotes, photos in my room


2. customize my clothes (ie. add studs to my shorts, thrift away my life)



3. ENJOY my life

oh my gosh

love like this

"i am lost, and that is why i am free"

so much to figure out, so much to accomplish.
i have nothign but faith, motivation and anticipation for my future
i'm ready, i'm ready, i'm ready.

if i could have any job in the world

i would be a jcrew model.

BUT if i couldn't do that, i would really appreciate my own cooking show.



i am far, far too passionate about food to let that one go.
and i don't mean baking, cooking.
i'm going to do it, i swear! even if its only to post on my lil ol' blog.

... i love food.

aggressive driving.

every day while i drive to school, i think about how annoying rush hour is. i know its terrible, but i feel like i get to school so much more efficiently by being an aggressive driver. i absolutely cannot stand the practically stationary vehicles around me. you can find me headed west bound on the 60, about 7:36 am, muttering under my breath, "for real?" "honestly?" "are you serious?" every 5 seconds.
i'm over it.
today, i decided i'm going to write a book (or at least an essay) on how to drive. yeah, i'll call it... i don't know. "how to get somewhere in life being an asshole"? 'somewhere' specifically being your destination during early morning stand-stills. or maybe simply "backseat driver"?
i don't know. it doesn't actually matter because then i just realized the whole context of this book would be,
"if you're not going to turn right at this light i plan on turning at, go away." or "only i am allowed to text and drive" or even "if you haven't figured out by now that metro buses stop all the dang time and take up the whole right-hand lane, then i'm not letting you in. you deserve to be stuck behind one. end of story. maybe you'll learn your lesson."
i don't really have much advice other than "please get out of my way and let me get to school on time because i may or may not have chosen to sleep in and now i'm running late."
where did i even get this aggression? my mother and father couldn't be happier with just goin' with the flowin' of traffic, even if switching lanes could cut off 15 minutes of their drive time. i wasn't even allowed to drive with people until i was 15 and i'm always the extraordinarily cautious passenger, scared out of my mind that everyone and their dog is going to merge into us for no apparent reason.
what it all comes down to would probably have to be my severe lack of patience... at least when it comes to interferences with my schedule.
am i patient in any situation? probably not, unless it is a convenience to me.

JUST KIDDINGGGG. i am not a terrible person, but come on people!
its my way onnnnn the highway... atleast in my mind.

HAPPY EASTER

i'm a little late.



but what a beautiful sabbath day.
i love conference. this past week/weekend was glorious.
we went to copeland with some good friends, and their last show was brilliant <3


we also saw the easter pageant with the Miller's, i'm so grateful that we had the opportunity to do that! i've never been able to sit so close to the stage, and it was a completely different experience! amazing!

california

the weather in LA is 100% perfection right now, i'm tellin' you.
last weekend, i had the pleasure of spending 3 days in huntington, newport, aneheim and costa mesa :) loooved every minute of it! it was so nice to get away with my girls (kenna, andi, emily!) to do some beach bummin', disneyland dreamin' and shoreside shopppppin'!



























































whaaat a trip, i had the best time,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MAKENNA DALE!
i love you girls!

chocolat ♥

today couldn't have been any better, and i love spendin' sunday afternoons with my man!


agh! so handsome :))
we walked around discovery park and talked about dogs, like we always do hahaha this weekend was just what i needed. rest and relaxation mixed with GREAT food, low key activities such as shopping in scottsdale, a brunch with the Miller's and their awesome neighbors, a spring training game between the cubs & the A's and laying out by the pool. i'm so blessed to spend my time with such an amazing person, i couldn't be more grateful!
thank you for spending your weekend with me, klay! i love you!

we ended the night right by making a chocolate cake


simple yet scrumptious!

oh! before i forget, we did end up going out to the candy shop i mentioned in a previous post. it was located out in phoenix, and the name of it is Smeeks. it was so cute, but the candy was sooo expensive! it wasn't about the candy so much as the brilliant and precious novelties they were selling. i must have saw "awh, oh my gosh, i love this!" about a million times! definitely a good place to visit if you're in the area *phoenix

aaaand if you do happen to stop by, DEFINITELY check out the boutique "frances" next door. they have free people clothing and tom's shoes, but my favorites would definitely be the accessories and the HUGE collection of incredible greeting cards. i could have sat and read them for hours. they even had a tin of incredibly clever "i love you" post cards that i don't even know how to describe. i consider myself rather picky when it comes to cards and the message they display but i was very impressed by their selection.

on a side note, the weather this break has been nonstop gorgeous. i feel compelled to spend every minute in the sun, soaking it up! i've never felt so refreshed, i really needed this time off and i wouldn't have spent it any other way!

choppin'

today, while reading over blogs and status updates, i realized with great sadness that lately i have been negleting my favorite habit... that of spending far too much money on clothes, clothes, clothes.
in order to pull myself out of such misery, i called up my good friend makenna dale and dragged her out to chandler mall with me.
i often joke with people that i am a very frugal shopper these days. i'll pick something up, look at it for a good 2 minutes and then put it back. maybe even carry it around but i always decide its not worth the price and put it back... i hardly ever buy anything. this is a good thing money-wise but when it comes to getting new clothes, these days i can honestly say doesn't happen very often. i don't know if i had a bad experience (ie. overshopping involving a credit card and getting behind on the payments....! haha) or if it was the holidays that turned me into an avid penny pincher but today i broke through that barrier and was, once again/for the day, a shopaholic.
it felt so good
so wrong, so right, you know the drill.

i will give myself one thing though, i'm great at shopping clearance/thrift and other sale prices.

this weekend, i purchased:
-a tan, light cotton romper for over my swimsuits (or maybe under a long cardi?)
its similar to the heather ones at AA, but its not a halter

-an owl ring


-2 new bottles of nail polish <3>
-5 pairs of pastel rose earings (LOVE!)
-grey flip flops


-3 flowey cooomfortable tank tops


-a light green double v-neck (v in the front, v in da back)


-a pair of white boyfriend jean shorts

(worn in a less high-waisted manner, and not rolled up as many times)

- dark grey cuffed "city shorts"

(SPLURGEEE)

-a bright red boyfriend, breast pocket, cropped tee


and a white v-neck tank top

all for under $120
YES!
the "today" me is proud
the "tomorrow-and-all-next-week" me might be a little less than buuuut i'll give up caffinated drinks of any kind to make up for it.
totally worth it!